Horizontal carousel warehouse (HoKa): The horizontal carousel warehouse as an alternative storage solution for automation
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Published on: July 16, 2021 / Updated on: September 21, 2021 – Author: Konrad Wolfenstein
Horizontal carousel storage systems are ideal for start-ups and small to medium-sized e-commerce companies – Image: Xpert.Digital / SpeedKingz|Shutterstock.com
The horizontal carousel storage system is a dynamic carousel storage system. When vertical space is limited due to a low ceiling, but the storage area extends deep horizontally, a horizontal carousel storage system is the ideal solution for automating warehouse logistics.
The transition from mechanical storage systems to automated and fully automated storage solutions is a major challenge of Intralogistics 4.0 . Automation refers to the ability of machines to perform a specific task without human intervention, relying solely on mechanics and software. Automation is the process that controls and manages automation. Full automation refers to the autonomous operation of multiple functional areas, above a certain size, across several processes without human intervention.
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The driving forces of e-commerce and the internet have fundamentally changed society's perception of the availability of goods, products, and items. Potential customers and buyers still readily understand when goods aren't delivered and available within the next eight hours, but rather the following day. However, few consumers and buyers can truly grasp the organizational effort required to achieve this. This applies to both physical machinery and software and interfaces – both internal and external.
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The internet and e-commerce have given rise to many new companies, especially through sales platforms like Amazon and eBay. Meanwhile, traditional brick-and-mortar retailers have also caught up with online commerce and are utilizing both sales channels.
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Where does the potential customer shop? - Comparison of sales channels: Brick-and-mortar retail & online retail
In Germany, 81% of shoppers make their purchases both in brick-and-mortar stores and online. A further 7% stated in a survey that they now shop exclusively online. 11% reported that they shop exclusively in brick-and-mortar stores. This data is an excerpt from an online survey of 19,188 people aged 18 and over worldwide.
Where does the potential customer shop? – Comparison of sales channels: Brick-and-mortar retail & online retail – Image: Xpert.Digital
In Germany there are:
- 81,814 retail businesses with 3 to 5 employees
- 76,160 retail companies with 6 to 19 employees
- 23,755 retail companies with 20 or more employees
Retail trade refers to businesses that sell goods to non-commercial end consumers.
Number of companies in the retail sector in Germany
Company sizes in the German retail sector – Image: Xpert.Digital
This statistic shows the number of retail businesses (excluding motor vehicle sales) in Germany, categorized by number of employees, from 2010 to 2019. In 2019, there were an estimated 136,817 retail businesses with one or two employees in Germany. Employees include active owners and assisting family members. The statistic is based on a sample of approximately 8.5 percent of German retail businesses.
Many of them are established companies. They didn't start out in a large warehouse or similar facility, but mostly in ordinary buildings or properties whose size corresponds to standard building practices. They aren't particularly tall, and expansion options are usually limited to depth or surface area. Moving from these existing structures and their typically mechanical and manually managed warehousing is hardly feasible for cost and organizational reasons.
Nevertheless, the company wants to keep pace with the competition while simultaneously increasing the quality of its services.
In such a case, switching from a mechanical storage system to an automated storage solution with horizontal carousel storage is the best choice.
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The advantages of a horizontal carousel bearing:
- No more manual search & find order picking ( person-to-goods order picking )
- 80% productivity increase compared to conventional storage
- Time savings in order processing
- Time savings in order picking
- Fast access times to the goods
- Maximum throughput
- 24/7 availability
The advantages of an automated horizontal carousel storage system:
- Basis for just-in-time delivery / same-day delivery ( e-commerce ready , KEP ready , last mile logistics ready )
- Warehouse optimization , optimal automated storage of goods
- Ideal for automated goods returns management ➡️ Returns management: Manage returns fully automatically – wish & reality
- Order picking virtually error-free
- Staff reduction
- Maximum productivity
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